Dropdown lists do not display for all users

[Larry K.]

I have created a "Host / Child" dB for multiple users. This dB was created
using 2007 but saved as 2003 (some users using both apps). The host is
stored on our "public" server and the child files are on the users desktop.
I am having trouble with 40% of the users (2003 or 2007) that cannot see the
selections for the dropdowns.
They are getting connected to the host because the data record (quantity
count) is displayed and they can scroll through the historical data records
that have been created by the users that can utilize the dropdowns. I'm
really puzzled...

Any suggestions?

 

[GBA]

well its Front End / Back End - not Host / Child....but that doesn't really
matter.

You have to determine what is the source of that data for the combobox;
table or query - - could be dynamic and generating based on a requery event
possibly that doesn't always occur depending on user's situation... so it
maybe caused by an incomplete/flawed design rather than a bug per se....

of course double check that all Front Ends are linked to the same Back End
file....

 

[Rick Brandt]

I have created a "Host / Child" dB for multiple users. This dB was
created using 2007 but saved as 2003 (some users using both apps). The
host is stored on our "public" server and the child files are on the
users desktop. I am having trouble with 40% of the users (2003 or 2007)
that cannot see the selections for the dropdowns.
They are getting connected to the host because the data record (quantity
count) is displayed and they can scroll through the historical data
records that have been created by the users that can utilize the
dropdowns. I'm really puzzled...

Any suggestions?

There was a service pack for Office 2003 that introduced a bug which
causes this. A later patch (or hot-fix) corrects the problem.

 

[John W. Vinson]

I have created a "Host / Child" dB for multiple users. This dB was created
using 2007 but saved as 2003 (some users using both apps). The host is
stored on our "public" server and the child files are on the users desktop.
I am having trouble with 40% of the users (2003 or 2007) that cannot see the
selections for the dropdowns.

This was a known bug in early releases of 2007. It was fixed by either SP3 or
a hotfix released after SP3, I don't recall the specifics; do a search for
"vanishing combo".

 

[Clif McIrvin]

This was a known bug in early releases of 2007. It was fixed by either
SP3 or
a hotfix released after SP3, I don't recall the specifics; do a search
for
"vanishing combo".

 

[John W. Vinson]

Office / Access 2003 SP3 requires a necessary hotfix:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-Access2003SP3.html
also check:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=access+2003+sp3

Thanks Clif!

 

[KARL DEWEY]

Could it be the mixup of Front End / Back End - Host / Child has placed the
Front End on the server Back End on individual PCs?